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So I slept on the couch last night. In my clothes. With my contacts in. And yeah, I really didn't like it. I kept thinking how the couch smelled like dog. And couldn't fully stretch out. And didn't have my special pillow. Then Joe got up to go to the bathroom at 3am, and it woke up Boxer in his kennel, so he scratched and licked and was just plain noisy for a bit. And I heard it all.

Then Jim woke up for the day at 6:15am. Oh yeah, SO not my favorite thing. Eventually, after both Jim AND Joe woke up, I went to sleep in their room, and put on cartoons for them. And I slept till around 8am. But was still tired, because it wasn't good sleep.

And then I was hungry. But I couldn't eat until I could weigh, bcause it was weigh in day. And I couldn't weigh because I couldn't get to my scale, cause my door was locked. Crap.

I woke Jake up, left him in charge, and drove up to Housing Work Order office. I put in a few other Work Order requests, and asked about the lock.

They decided that I should have filled out a "request of alter quarters" form first, but since it was already done, to just put it back to original door knob when we moved. And they'd count this as my one free "lock out" and not charge me for picking the lock. Sweet.

They said they'd be over in 30 minutes, so I hurried and came back home. And we straightened up a little bit, and about 50 minutes later, the housing dude came. With his lock picking tool kit. And got to work.

It took FOR-EV-ER! All the while, I was starving. hehe.

Finally, he got the door open. Horray!!!

I took my extra key, and hid it in the house somewhere, so this wouldn't happen again. Jimmy later fessed up to locking my door and shutting it. Silly kid :( He owes me a good nights sleep. hehe.

The little boys and I changed clothes, and went for a dip in the pool. And I was FREEZING. I didn't mean to go all the way under, but my floatie flipped. So I was even more freezing! I didn't stay in the pool long. And the little boys didn't either.

I headed inside, and instantly hopped in the hot shower. And it felt marvelous. 2 days in a row. ha! And we all got ready for our bowling party.
Jake and Jim and Joe and I loaded up in the car, and headed over to the bowling alley. Amanda had a coupon for $20, and she was "donating" the money to the party. We just had to pay the extra. So I paid for my kids' shoes, and one game of bowling, and we all got to bowl. Worked out pretty good!

Like my snazzy shoes?

Josephine was SO cute today.

I ordered a cheese pizza for my kids to share, and a chicken club salad for myself. It was actually pretty good!

Jake and Eryn (Terra's) and me and Kari and Amanda and Terra all bowled in the grown up game, and Jim, Joe, Josephine, Leo, and Austin bowled in the kids game. And we all got done at the same time. Awesome :)

I didn't loose. Ha! Jake put on the bumpers 1/2 way through the game, so he did better than me. I was destroying him at the beginning...
After bowling, we drove over to the youth center, and dropped Jake off for the day. It was around 1pm. And I decided to stop into Milam SAS (School Aged Services) and see if they had any openings for Monday. I still have my 16 hours childcare for the month to use.

They were having ALL sorts of activities going on for the 1st-5th graders. Sweet! So I picked the days that looked like fun for my kids, and that didn't conflict with camp, and signed them up. And learned that for a whole weeks worth of camp, it would be around $55 per kid. From 530am-6:30pm, if I wanted that much. HOLY COW! That's a good deal, for the whole week! I'm gonna put them all in one week in August, for "camp". I think that would be fun for them! And for me to get the break. lol.

Then we stopped by the Milam CDC (Child Development Center) and make the appointment for Jim. Same dates as the other kids. Worked out great. Between the 2 places and the chatting and such, it was another hour before we got home.

Charlotte and kids came over around 3 to swim. Stew and Elly and Jim and Joe and I and Charlotte played in the pool, and had a great time :)



I noticed that my sunburn was starting to peel, so I picked at it a little bit, and slathered it with some oil. And it felt a lot better.

Joe and Jim sat down to watch a movie on the couch, and Joe fell instantly asleep. I watched some 24, and finished off season 1. We had some dinner, and at 6:45pm, loaded up in the car, and headed to Biggs to pick up Jake. We grabbed some yummy popsicles for the trip :)


Jake was all excited because he signed up for "Media Club". They're doing news reports, and he's gonna be the editor and such. He even got a shirt. They meet on Wednesdays from 5-7. Nice! They have 2 field trips planned next week to get interviews. One to Old Ft Bliss, and one to Freedom Crossing.


We swung by the mail boxes on the way home, and MY ANNIVERSARY PRESENT was there!!!! I was SO excited! We brought it home, and I opened it. It had the sweetest, most night card in there from Captain America. And a beaded tapestry from India! It's gorgeous! And fits PERFECT on the wall in the living room above the couch.

Check out the newspaper it was packed in...

Beautiful, isn't it? Homerun present, sweetheart!

Also in the package was this wrap thingy. Captain America said that the merchant who sold him the tapestry gave him this for free. I think this is how it's supposed to be worn. I'm gonna wear it for the pool! I'm not a big dolphin fan, but it feels SO soft.




While I was hanging up my new wall hanging, I decided to hang up Jim's posters from my mom, too. He was pretty excited about Cars 2 posters on his wall.

The kids watched more cartoons, and I took a nap. I was SO sleepy. Joe fell asleep in his room watching Star Wars, and Jim fell asleep on the couch. Jake came and woke me up around 10pm, and wanted to watch some Doctor Who with me. So I came out with my blanket, intending to just sleep, but it sucked me in. Such a good episode.

And then I came in my room, ready for bed, with full intentions of just posting the wordart, and updating my sight tomorrow. But, I pushed through it, and now I'm done. It's almost 11:30pm, and I'm sleepy. My bed calls...

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Too funny, Sharon! Love it!

You've Really Got Me

Hey there girls :) I'm blogging from a foreign computer. OK, so not really foreign computer, but not my own. It's Tom's. Because mine is locked in my room. Long story. I'll get to that. hehe.

I woke up at 6 something this morning, and couldn't go back to sleep. So I was online till around 7am, and then I went out to see why the house was so quiet. Jake and Jim were still asleep, and I found this on the couch. Joe's cute, huh? hehe.

We spent the morning cleaning and organizing, and getting ready for our pool party. And drinking water. Because I have to start early if I'm gonna get my 100 oz in... lol.
At one point, Boxer jumped the fence again, and wandered off. I woke up Jake, and had him walk the block looking for him. And they came home and slept on the couch for a bit. Aren't they cute :)

I cleaned the backyard, and Jake helped me rake it and get it nicer looking. We filled up the baby pool, and got the coolers ready for the Popsicles. Jake earned pool privileges back by doing Eme and Tom's chores, and by helping clean the backyard. So the house looked decent when my friends got here :)








The kids had a TON of fun in the pool, and eating Popsicles. Amanda and Austin, Kari and Leo and Josephine, and Terra, Eryn, and the twins were there. And Jake and Joe and Jim. Great group of friends!

Around lunchtime, Terra drove and got some Little Cesars pizzas, and the kids got out for pool break. It was funny, because we had Amanda blow the "whistle", and everyone piled out, just like at the real pool. hehe. And the grown ups got in for about 15 minutes while the kids ate. Then we opened the pool back up to the kids again.

The twins in the little pool.

I made sure to put a TON of sunblock on myself and the kids today. No burns for us!!! The kids played, and the mom's chatted, and around 1:30pm, the party broke up, and people started heading home. We cleaned up, changed, and I let the kids watch a movie.

And I started watching a bit of 24, but yea, TOTALLY fell asleep. And the nap felt super good. I woke up, got some dinner for the kids, played in the pool with them for a bit longer, hopped out, and showered and got ready for Girls Night Out.

I told Jake that I would pay him $5 to babysit for Joe and Jim tonight. Because he just needed to play with them until 8pm, then put them in their room with a movie, and they would go to sleep. Then he could watch TV until I got home. Sounded like a plan. And he'd been in a great mood all day, so it should work. 2 kids isn't too bad to babysit.

I headed out around 6:15pm, and headed to the Northeast Side.
The party was a Kristals house (primary president), and there were SO many girls that came! Over 20, at least! We all just chatted and ate and had a great time! Well, I chatted, but didn't eat. Weigh in is tomorrow, and I'd already eaten my dinner, and I didn't wanna blow it all the night before weigh in, you know. So I had a few DDP's, and called it good.

I chatted with Charlotte for a bit, and Lesa for a bit, and Tammy, and chit chatted and had a grand time.


I didn't eat these, but SO wanted to. hehe.

At 8:40, I bid my friends farewell, and headed out for the movies. I was meeting Kari and Amanda at the cheap movie theater to see Water for Elephants at 9:05. And I had a great time driving and singing all the way across town :)
I got to Skype in the car with Tom for a few minutes in the parking lot of the Movie Theater. He said that he got to go horseback riding, and was having fun with his friends. Sounded really happy and positive, and like he was having a blast. Yeah Tom!!!

I got the to the movies JUST as it was starting. Apparently I should have left Kristals house sooner. hehe. Oh well, It's all good. I found my friends, and watched the movie. It was FANTASTIC. I loved it. The fact that "Edward" was the main character was good, too. He's hot. LOL.

After the movie, we stood outside and chatted for a good 30 minutes, then all headed back to our homes. My kids were all in bed when I got home, and Jake had taken the trash out for Tom. Awe, what a good brother! Thanks, Jake!

I checked on Joe and Jim, and found them sound asleep.

Happy to be home at last.

And then I tried to go to my room, and the door was locked. Crap. Jake must have realized that I left it unlocked, and helped me out by locking it. Only problem is, the key is in there.... And yeah, so is my laptop, my clothes, my bed, my meds, my contact case....

So I grabbed Tom's little laptop that was hooked up to the TV, and started to blog. Luckily, I'd emailed Sharon the wordart freebie, so I had a copy of that. And all my pics are on facebook, so that was easy enough. I think I'm gonna just sleep on the couch, and figure out how to break into my room tomorrow. It's now 12:50am...

Any suggestions, you guys? It's a keyed door knob that I bought at Lowes. Not the regular inside house door knobs.... Maybe the window is unlocked, and a kid can crawl through and unlock it for me. But that's a job for tomorrow, me thinks. I really need to get that other key, and keep it somewhere NOT in my room....

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Awe, poor Eme's arm :( Great layout, Sharon :)